Network connection timed out.

I sent an email in regards to this as well but did not get a response as yet. Last night, I tried some of the suggestions such as opening my browser(IE7) first and macking sure quicktime was running. I had better results searching, in that many of the bands I had timeouts on before were now coming up. I did have a network time out on Bob Seger (and a couple of others) but I don't think he's available on itunes. I'll try more tonight and see how it goes......4h34d, thanks for getting this going

i couldnt even open an account due to that ****** timed out business,however following a link from an email from apple i typed, phobos.apple.com and phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net into the trusted sites area in security settings and hey presto! i managed to open an account! yipeeeee!havent tried any downloads yet though.dont know if this will help anyone but you could always give it a go? good luck

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM ITUNES THE OTHER DAY BUT HAVENT HAD TIME TO POST...THEY GOT ALL MY INFO AND THEN SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING THEY WERE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD MY PURCHASED SONGS, dUH THEY ARENT USING WINDOWS VISTA.... THAT IS PROBABLY ALOT OF MY PROBLEM. I KNOW THIS..I HAD XP ON A LEASED COMPUTER AND IT WORKED FINE...NOW THAT I HAVE VISTA IT DOESNT WORK....THEY SD THE PROBLEM WOULD BE FIXED WITH NEW VERSION(7.1) ...IT'S NOT...NOW THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE MORE AND EMAIL BE AS SOON AS THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL ME...RIGHT...I AM SO TIRED OF THE RUNAROUND..WHO ELSE IS??

ok so i dont know what this has to do with this topic, but i couldnt find anything else. so i have an ipod and i got a new computer. how do i get my playlist on to my new computer?

I can't help, but I can tell you it's an iTMS problem or a generic network problem, not a Windows problem ... because the same thing happens with iTunes 7.1.1 on OSX 10.4.9.

My suspicion is weird DNS issues or some underlying network/server problems making connections to the iTMS backend via iTunes unreliable.

Connect your ipod cord to usb jack, plug up your ipod go to itunes create an acct. then look at your upper left of the screen for file, click it and hit sync your ipod and wait...it should do the rest..hope this helps katy

I had the same problem as you guys. I was using a Proxy-Server. After shutting the Proxy down, ItunesMS was working propperly. Hopefully it will work with some of you guys.
Cheers
DB

It has been 2 weeks and i still have this problem. I have itunes version 7.0 so it can't be the new version that's the problem. I think itunes just messed everything up at the beginning of April, since everyone has been having problems since then. I bought 4 songs weeks ago and they have yet to be downloaded. They just won't download! I keep getting errors 3259 and 100008, or it just sits there not making any progress at all. I can't even access the itunes store, not just when i'm searching. I can't get on it at all!

1 week ago i sent an email to apple about their horrible customer service, they say they will reply in 24 hours. They still haven't replied back to me. I'll send another email and this time include the url of this topic. Maybe they'll actually figure out that nothing is working!

Meanwhile, I suggest everyone go to some other music sites to get their songs, like rhapsody or emusic. Then send an email stating that a lot of people are doing that, and the url of this topic. I mean, when the itunes store doesn't work, how can we buy songs? Which means they don't make any money! Maybe then they'll fix the problem.

I also suggest this to the apple employees:
GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTTS AND FIX THE PROBLEM!!!!

Dell Windows XP

I had some connection issues about a week or two ago, but they have cleared up completely by now. It's possible that there may be a software conflict that's keeping you from connecting to/downloading from the iTunes Store properly. If you ever get an error 3259, you should always try the steps in this article to check for software conflicts:

http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n302538

I'm noticing a trend where the people experiencing these connection/searching errors are connecting to the internet via a network of some sort (business, home, or whichever); however, I don't see much mention of an attempt to connect directly to their ISP (internet service provider). This means connecting via no use of a router or such.

Has anyone tried connecting directly to their broadband connection, temporarily disabling the network in the process, and seeing if the issue clears?


If not, can we start a list of the ISPs being used for users that are having these issues?

OK i just rec'd an email that gave me info that worked..if u r using mcafee , this is what u can do...1,open start menu. 2. click run. and type "services.msc". 3. scroll down to Mcafee Redirector Services.4 right click and press stop...it worked for me ..hopefully it will work for y'all....GL, SARGE

I recently installed Vista Ultimate and ITunes 7.1.1.5. I cannot access the ITunes Music store unless I run ITunes in compatability mode using Windows XP SP2. I did try turning off the Windows Firewall, but still got the error. I am running Trend Micro OfficeScan Anti-virus software.

The error is:

ITunes could not connect to the ITunes Store. The network connection timed out.
Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, then try again.

I am also having the same problem. By the way there were over 13,000 views on this topic, so I think it's a safe assumption that there are thousands of others with the same issue.

I have not experienced any download issues at all from either this latest version of iTunes or any of the previous versions. This to me indicates that the issue is related to some sort of software conflict or soemthing that is interfering with iTunes. To the reader who posted that firewalls, pop-up blockers etc. don't have any affect on iTunes, you are very very sadly mistaken. These types of software wreac havoc on iTunes Store downloads and connection.

To everyone who is having this issue, I suggest uninstalling your firewall programs, turning off windows firewall, plug directly in to your internet connection, then try the store. I'm willing to bet you'll be surprised to find out that it was YOUR computer that was messed up and not the iTunes Store.

Like I said, I've never had any issues with the iTunes Store, downloads or anything, so it definately is not something wrong with the software.

Kudos Apple, I'm loving the downloads, keep it up guys !!!

What troubleshooting steps have you taken?